Improvement in shutter-fastener



' JOHN H. PETERSON, OP PHILADELPHIA, PENNsYLvANA, AssiGNoR,

T0 4 HllVISELF, JOHN R. TOBIN. `AND HOUSTGN SMITH. JR.

Letters Patent'No. 86,686, datefZAFebr-ua/ry 9, 1S69.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHUTTFIlR-FASTENER.

'25e Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known um I, JOHN H. PETERSON, of Phila.

' delphia, in the county of'Philadelphia, in the State of l which- Letter A is a metal box,'sunk partly into and fastened on the shutter. v

Letter B is an arm, hinged into the top end of the box, by means of a pin, C, running through the sides of the box, said arm extending inward to a catch, D, placed on `the underedge of the top sash.

E is a spur, projecting downward to the lower end of the box, and forming the face of the same.

Between the spur and the back of the box is a spiral spring, F, by means of which the arm is made to lock itself to the catch D.

described.

ln unfastening, the thumb or finger is placed against the' front of the hox, (spur E.) and pressed against the spiral spring.

With this improvement, the shutters may be fastened from the outside, as readily as from the inside, but cannot be shaken open from the outside, as is the case with the common bolt. Rattling by the wind is also prevented, the sash and shutters being bound rmly together.

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The arrangement ofthe box A, in combination with the arms B and D, with their catches, pivot C, and spring F, as constructed and arranged, for the purpose Y `Joran H PETEESON- Witnesses:

DAVID COOPER, l GEORGE C. WALTER, 

